Power-transmitting means.



W. L. HOOKR.

POWER TRANSMITTSNG MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 19M.

Patented July 2, 1918.-

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nNrr -o STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIS L. HOOKER, OF SCOI'IBBURG, INDIANA, ABSIGNOB O F OHI'NINTH TO UAIIB HOOKER, OF INDIAXAPOLIG, INDIANA.

POWEB-TBAHSIITTING HEARS.

W lpecllcctioa cl mum time. Patented July 2, 1918. Applicfllon on December is, that am: [0.878.101-

The Wheel 11 has at intervals within it, four equidistant dash pot cylinders 15 cxtending from the rim radially inward for about half the radius and being open at sir inner ends. The outer ends of these ssh pot cylinders have ports 16 com|nunieating with the radially dispos d conduits and exact description thereo and the ports 16 are closed by hall or reference bein had to the accompanying check valves 18. Near the iunerendsof the drawings, in w ich like letters refer to like radio] conduits 17 parts. inuiiicating with the central portion of the This invention relates to that class of main chamber 19 within variable speed transmission mechanisms ports being. tapered or funnel shaped for a wherein the power is transmitted through lihll pot constructions, means being propart of their length. trolled by the valves 21 on valve stems 22 vided for the re lating dis lacements of the which are parallel with the shafts and exdnsh pots in or ito vary the speed. tend through the wall of the wheel l1 and The chief feature of this invention conare secured to a block slidablc on the sists in providin on either the driving shaft shaft 10 by means not here shown, and or the driven s aft, a wheel within which keyed to said shaft by a key 24 so as to the dash pots are all mounted and operable, the plunger rods of said dash pots bcingron- The valves 21 are substantially conical to nected with th lit the taper of ports 20, the taperin of said Said wheel has ports providing a more gradual and minute adjustment of said ports in relation to each other.

Theplungcrs 25 in said dash pot cylinders have pitman or connecting rods 96, all of which are pivoted to a crank 27 on the driven shaft 12 so that said driven shaft 12 is a crank shaft. Said crank 27 operates in the central portion of the chamber 19.

The outer ends of the cylinders 15 are also provided with ports 30 which are con- 1 periphery of the trolled by means of check valves 31 the strong. ports 30 having seats at their outer an s for The full nature of the invention will be oofiperationmth the check valves while the understood from c accompanying drawrts 18 hove sects adfccent their inner ends ings and the following description and or cofiperation with the check valves 18. claim: j 2 The 30 communicate directly with the In the drawin Figure 1 is a central transverse section through the device. Fig; 2- is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a section on the line 3-8 of Fig. 2.

fir-the drab-win s there is shown a driving p0 shaft 10 which his serured rigidly on it a of 0 cylinder the check valves 18 will wheel 11. he driven shaft 12 is in alinebe c] the inward movement of ment with the driving shaft 10 and its inner iston starts on its hearing at 13 in what of the wheel 11. is hollow, the rim being therefore, one side of the wheel is open and adapted to be closed by a, plate 13' in the center of which the driven shaft 12 also has bearing.

'1 '0 all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, WILLIS L. license, :1 citizen of the United States, and a res1 dent of Scottsbu county of Scott, and State of Indicnafihcve invented a certain new and useful Power-Transmitting and I do hereby declare that the followin is a full, clear,

d the passage between 7 her, and said communicating passageways or chambers are controlled by valves or means adapted to be adjusted by hand.

Wit 1 this construction, the inner ends of Y pot. cylinders 'As best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings c wheel 11 the cylinders 15 are integral with the stationary face of the wheel 11 and the conduits 17 are formed in the stationary wall of the wheel 11 and extend from the outer ends of the cylinders to a point beyond the inner ends of the cylinders and by locating the ports 20 adjacent the inner ends of said conduits the oil will leave the conduits at a point receiving the least resistance from the weight of the oil within the chamber 19 so that the passage of the oil from the ports 20 will not in any way be influenced by the quantity of oil within the chamber 19.

The operation of the device is as follows: When the parts are assembled, as shown in Fig. 2, the chamber 19 is provided with a proper supply of oil. As the driving shaft 10 is rotated,tlie wheel 11 revolves and as it revolves, the plungers in the dash pot cylinders operate and draw a supply of oil into the cylinders through ports 30. If the ports 20 are wide open so that the oil can freely flow from the dash pot cylinders through the passages 17 to the interior of the central chamber as fast as it is pumped into the cylinders through the ports 30, the device will transmit practically no power to the crank shaft 12, but will run idle. W'hen, however, the block 23 is moved inward to cause the. valves 21 to close partially the ports 20 and thus resist the free movement of the oil through the passageways 17 to the central chamber 19, power to a-proportionate degree will be transmitted to the shaft 12 by the dash pot, cylinders. In other words, when the valves are thus adjusted, the dash pot plungers will have a limited freedom of movement and since the oil cannot get out of their way rapidly, the resistance afforded to them will be transmitted from the wheel 11, which is revoluble through the plunger-s and pitman rods, to the driven shaft. If the block 23 be moved inward to its limit so as to. close the ports 20 ti htly and permit no circulation of the oil, 1: e plun rs 25 can have no movement at all and t erefore, the power from the driving shaft will be wholly transmitted to this driven shaft and it will run at high 5 es Therefore, by adjusting the valves 21 through suitable lever mechanism, not

shown, as one operates the machine, he can very sensitively control the speed from the maximum speed to the idle position. The valves 18 and 31 are in enlarged chambers, as shown, so that when they are in open position, fluid will pass therearound.

The invention is not limited tothe exact construction shown for it is lmmaterial on which shaft the wheel 11 is secured. The device is simple because the dash pot cylinders require no ,caps and stuffing boxes for the pitman rods 26 and in fact the plunger-s can move part] out of the cylinders, as shown. The only resistance to their movement is the oil which is controlled in its movement by the valves 21, as desired. Nor is the invention limited to the crank 27, as any other equivalent means fortransmitting power between the dash pot plungers and their associated shaft may be employed.

The invention claimed is:

Power transmitting means comprising a driving shaft, a driven shaft in alinement' therewith, a wheel secured to one of said shafts and surrounding the other'shaft, a crank in the latter shaft centrally located in said wheel, said wheel having a fixed wall and a removable wall, radially disposed dash pot cylinders integral with the fixed wheel and open at their inner ends, said fixed wall having radial conduits extending from the outer ends of said cylinders to a point beyond the inner ends thereof, said conduits having ports at their outer ends communicating with the outer ends of the cylinders, valves cooperating with said ports for preventing the return of the contents of the conduits into said cylinders, said conduits also having ports and jacent their inner ends communicating with the interior of said wheel, said latter ports being tapered a portion of their length, shafts extending transversely through said conduits, conical valves carried by. said shafts for cooperation with said tapered seats of the inner set ofdports, means toad just said shafts longitu nally for controlling the passage of the contents of the con-- duits through the tapered ports, said cylinders also having at their outer ends ports communicating with the interior of the cylinders and the ctgimher in said wheel and valves cotiperatin with said ports to prevent the passage of oil from the interior of the cylinders through said latter ports into the chamber of the wheel.

\ In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named. f

WILLIS L. HOOKER.

\Vitnesses:

J. H. WELLS, R. G. Loonwoon. 

